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Resources for Complex Puzzle-Traps
I'm looking for resources for designing complex challenges - something that's not quite a puzzle and not quite a trap, but somewhere in between. There are tons of resources for really complex or ...
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Can anyone search for traps?
I'm curious as to whether any character can search for traps, or only someone with an ability like the rogue's trapfinding ability.
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Does exploration movement rate in Basic D&D (B/X) include trap/secret-door detection?
In the Basic Rulebook for D&D, on page B19, it states that characters can move 120' in a dungeon per turn (10 minutes). Later it states that this movement assumes players are mapping carefully, ...
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At what point does a trap on a lock spring?
So a thief finds a chest which is trapped and locked (though he knows neither of these things at this point).
He fails his find traps roll and assumes / risks that it's not trapped. At what point ...
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TDE / DSA - Koschbasalt / Blaubasalt vs Magic Traps
I hope there are even Das Schwarze Auge/The Dark Eye Players around here...
Is it possible to neutralize magic traps (Traps created by applicatus or similar spells, not arcanovi) using Koschbasalt ...
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Does finding and removing a trap require one or two find/remove traps rolls?
Most of the question's above. I shall be running a campaign tomorrow where thieves and traps may have a higher profile than usual, and it occurred to me to wonder whether the thief skill of ...
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Advanced rules or suggestions for traps/trapped items?
I'm working on a story concept where the villain is a tinker who is seeking revenge against a noble house, and his M.O. is intricate mechanical traps. The trap rules given are fine for dungeon ...
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Ideas For a Dungeon With High CR
I have two games running in parallel in the same time space universe (but both groups play in different days)
The group of evil, which are intermediate (average 12-14), and the group of good, which ...
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How can a Sphere of Annihilation be detected, and how can it be “disarmed”?
I'm reading the DnD Essentials DM Book, and on the Sphere of Annihilation stat block, it mentions several things I don't exactly know how to read:
The sphere has "Detect automatic". Does this mean ...
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Are there any free tools for designing encounters or traps?
I'm trying to design a module and I was wondering if there were any free or open source encounter or trap designers for D&D 4e
Mostly I just like something that lets me fill in the blanks and ...
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Handling Dungeon Traps?
How should standard dungeon traps be handled in Savage Worlds?
For example:
do characters get a Notice roll if they aren't searching for the trap?
what should be the mod to spot a
trap with Notice?
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